The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


Canvas Print Sizes: A Room-by-Room Guide to Getting It Right

Canvas Print Sizes: A Room-by-Room Guide to Get...

Jasmine Okoro

Sizing canvas wall art is the single most second-guessed decision in interior decorating. Almost everyone defaults to "safer" smaller sizes and almost everyone regrets it once the piece is on...

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How to Build a Figure Art Gallery Wall That Feels Curated, Not Clinical

How to Build a Figure Art Gallery Wall That Fee...

Clara Bell

Figure art is one of the most rewarding subjects to build a gallery wall around, and one of the easiest to get wrong. Hung carelessly, a row of nudes can...

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How to Decorate with Australian Art Prints (Without Making Your Home Look Like a Tourism Office)

How to Decorate with Australian Art Prints (Wit...

Clara Bell

You love Australia. You also don't want guests walking in and assuming you work part-time for Tourism NT. The good news: there's a clear difference between a home that nods...

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How to Build a Street Art Gallery Wall That Doesn't Look Like a Mess

How to Build a Street Art Gallery Wall That Doe...

Jasmine Okoro

Street art was made to break rules, which is exactly why it intimidates people on gallery walls. The good news: its inherent chaos is actually a feature, not a bug....

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Building a Pop Art Gallery Wall for Your Kitchen-Diner (Step by Step)

Building a Pop Art Gallery Wall for Your Kitche...

Jasmine Okoro

Kitchen-diners are the most underused canvas in the modern home. You spend more waking hours here than anywhere else, the lighting tends to be excellent, and the dual function of...

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Best Street Art Prints for Living Rooms (That Actually Look Sophisticated)

Best Street Art Prints for Living Rooms (That A...

Clara Bell

Street art has a reputation problem in living rooms. The fear is that anything with spray paint energy will pull the room towards dorm-poster territory and undo all the work...

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Landscape vs Portrait Prints: How to Pick the Right Orientation for Your Wall

Landscape vs Portrait Prints: How to Pick the R...

Jasmine Okoro

Most people pick art the wrong way round. They fall in love with an image, order it in whatever orientation it comes in, and then try to wedge it onto...

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How to Build a White Gallery Wall That Looks Curated, Not Bare

How to Build a White Gallery Wall That Looks Cu...

Clara Bell

A white gallery wall is the hardest type to get right and the most rewarding when you do. Done well, it reads as quiet confidence. Done badly, it looks like...

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How to Build a Dog-Themed Gallery Wall That Looks Intentional (Not Obsessive)

How to Build a Dog-Themed Gallery Wall That Loo...

Jasmine Okoro

Loving your labrador is not a design problem. Decorating a wall with eight prints of one is. This guide gives you the rules, the layouts, and the exact size combinations...

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Building a Gallery Wall Around Vase Art Prints

Building a Gallery Wall Around Vase Art Prints

Miles Tanaka

Vase prints are the most underrated anchor subject in wall art. The vertical shape gives a gallery wall a built-in compositional spine, and the painterly subject matter sits comfortably alongside...

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How to Build a Music Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Curated

How to Build a Music Gallery Wall That Actually...

Jasmine Okoro

Most music gallery walls fail for the same reason: they're built one print at a time, with no plan. This guide gives you the measurements, the layout templates and the...

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How to Style Vintage City Prints Without Looking Generic

How to Style Vintage City Prints Without Lookin...

Miles Tanaka

Vintage city prints are the easiest art category to get wrong. They're widely available, instantly recognisable, and almost designed to read as filler when hung without thought. This guide is...

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Why Impressionist Art Looks Incredible in Modern Living Rooms

Why Impressionist Art Looks Incredible in Moder...

Clara Bell

There's a quiet contradiction in how we decorate now. We chase clean lines and quiet palettes, then hang 150-year-old paintings of poppy fields above the sofa. It works, beautifully, and...

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How to Build a Floral Gallery Wall Around Bouquet Prints

How to Build a Floral Gallery Wall Around Bouqu...

Jasmine Okoro

You bought a bouquet print. You hung it up. You love it. And now the wall around it looks emptier than before. This guide is for that exact moment, with...

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How to Decorate with Cat Art Without It Looking Like a Crazy Cat House

How to Decorate with Cat Art Without It Looking...

Jasmine Okoro

You love cats. You also love your interiors. These two things are not in conflict, but a lot of cat-themed decorating advice acts like they are, pushing you towards either...

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How to Build a Tree-Themed Gallery Wall That Doesn't Look Like a Clip Art Folder

How to Build a Tree-Themed Gallery Wall That Do...

Jasmine Okoro

Tree art is one of the easiest subjects to fall in love with and one of the easiest to get wrong on a wall. Pick five prints you like, hang...

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How to Build a Gallery Wall With People Art Prints (Without It Looking Like a Rogues' Gallery)

How to Build a Gallery Wall With People Art Pri...

Miles Tanaka

Putting one portrait on a wall is easy. Putting six on the same wall, all staring out at you and your dinner guests, is where things get awkward. This is...

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How to Build a Gallery Wall with Watercolor Cityscape Prints (Without It Looking Like a Mess)

How to Build a Gallery Wall with Watercolor Cit...

Jasmine Okoro

You love watercolour cityscapes, but you've seen the gallery walls where Paris, Tokyo and New York fight each other for attention like postcards on a fridge. The problem isn't the...

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How to Build a French-Themed Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Elegant

How to Build a French-Themed Gallery Wall That ...

Jasmine Okoro

A French-themed gallery wall can go one of two ways: refined Left Bank apartment, or first-year student dorm with a beret problem. The difference is not the prints you choose....

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Best Labrador Wall Art: Styles, Ideas, and What Actually Looks Good on a Wall

Best Labrador Wall Art: Styles, Ideas, and What...

Jasmine Okoro

You love your labrador. That doesn't mean your hallway should look like a tribute to him. This is a style-first guide to choosing labrador wall art that earns its place...

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